POV Ava Then my cheeks went hot, and I stepped back, thinking of kissing this gorgeous alpha—not knowing he was Alpha—in the Human World. I thought of how gentle and sweet and yet strong he had been, how much I had wanted him, how good he had made me feel. But as his eyes went confused, I was hi

Chris POV While it was great fun to tease her, of course I slept on Ava’s sofa. There was little a man could do that was more abhorrent than coercing a woman, or a man, into their bed. The thought made me smile a little. It was actually Ava’s bed. There was nothing wrong with good memories of

Ava POV Unfortunately, I was silent for so long that Chris seemed to take it as my answer. He shot up from his chair with a delighted smile and said, “Well, we have a busy day ahead of us!” Well, I agreed with that and said so. “First, we have to go to the Elders and tell them to expedite the

I smiled gamely. “Ava,” he said, taking my hand so gently I could pull away without anything being awkward, which I did, after a moment. “We’re going to have some fun.” I didn’t, I confess, think much of Saks Fifth Avenue. We were fawned over, but there was an edge to the whole thing, especially

“We’re going to get stares,” Chris murmured in my ear. “They know me, and they’ll be curious about you.” “I’ve got your back,” I replied quietly. I was glad for the warning. Almost all the two hundred-odd people inside the ballroom, except for the waiters as they darted about with golden trays a